Seacrest revealed on his KIIS-FM radio show on Monday (May 7) that Baron Cohen apologized for the incident when they ran into each other at a Saturday Night Live taping this past weekend.

"I didn't realize that The Dictator was doing a walk-on cameo [on SNL]. He comes off stage and comes over to me. He breaks character and says, 'Sorry about the Oscars. It wasn't personal'," Seacrest recalled.

The American Idol host went on to say: "He was very, very apologetic and genuine and kind and sweet. He was still wearing the Dictator stuff so it was strangely ironic, but then he started to tell me how it all went down."

Seacrest added that Baron Cohen confided to him that his original target had actually been George Clooney.

"Someone decided that it wasn't a great idea because he was up for a lot of nominations," Seacrest commented. "It was a big night for him that night. Then they somehow spun 'The Wheel of Tragedy' and it ended on my name."